Exchange 2010 manually run database maintenance

 · Put Exchange Server in maintenance mode. Sign in to Exchange Server EX Run Exchange Management Shell as administrator. Set the Hub Transport Service to draining. It will stop accepting any more messages. [PS] C:\Set-ServerComponentState -Identity "EX01" -Component HubTransport -State Draining -Requester Maintenance.  · You should do a yearly cleanup/maintenance of the database. The main reason is free any white space, and shrink the database. When a user deletes e-mails it doesn't clear the free space from the database(in file system). I believe in you .  · Maintenance schedule: Use this list to select one of the preset maintenance schedules. You can also configure a custom schedule. To configure a custom schedule, click Customize. Enable background database maintenance (24 x 7 ESE scanning): Select this check box to enable online database scanning, which runs continuously in the background. Online database scanning .

Enable background database maintenance (24 x 7 ESE scanning): Select this check box to enable online database scanning, which runs continuously in the background. Online database scanning performs a checksum calculation of the database and performs operations that allow Exchange to scan for lost space on the database and recover it. Before updating the Exchange Server, it is recommended to put the Exchange Server in maintenance mode. We can put the Exchange Server in maintenance mode with some PowerShell commands. In this article, we have two Exchange Servers. The names of the Exchange Servers are EX01 and EX We will place Exchange Server EX01 in maintenance mode. In Exchange , there are now two modes to run database checksumming on active database copies: Run in the background 24×7 This is the default behavior. It should be used for all databases, especially for databases that are larger than 1TB. Exchange scans the database no more than once per day.

١٠‏/٠٦‏/٢٠١١ How to degrag an Exchange mailbox database using ESEUtil to Perform an offline defrag of the existing database to shrink the file. ١٤‏/٠٢‏/٢٠٢١ Run Exchange Management Shell as administrator. server and other DAG members host copies of the database, perform a manual switchover. If you need to configure a mailbox level backup, please see the "Exchange Mailbox Backup" guide. In Exchange , open the Exchange Management Console.